Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Like writing DSP code? Hate editing makefiles?

[Martin Braun]

I should have mentioned where to get it. It's on CGRAN:
https://cgran.org/wiki/devtools

MB

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 06:21:05PM +0100, Martin Braun wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> gr_modtool.py has undergone some heavy revision recently.
> It'll now do even more stuff:
> 
> * It's been changed to the CMake version. The autotools version still
>   exists on the CGRAN SVN server.
> * You can create out-of-tree modules using 'gr_modtool.py create'.
>   This is basically an improved version of create-out-of-tree-module,
>   because
>     - it uses the CMake stuff :) and
>     - it doesn't give you the square_ff files which you have to remove.
> * Of course, there's been bugfixes... and probably new bugs.
> 
> All you need to do is download the gr_modtool.py file and copy it
> somewhere into your PATH. Then you can create new modules and add code
> to it within seconds.
> 
> Example: you want to create a new module called 'mydsp' and add two
> blocks 'mydsp_algorithm1_ff' and 'mydsp_algorithm2_cc'. The first one is
> a sync block, the second a hier block. Also, you'd like bindings for
> GRC.  This is what it might look like:
> 
> % gr_modtool.py create mydsp
> Module directory is "./gr-mydsp".
> Creating directory...
> Copying howto example...
> Unpacking...
> Replacing occurences of 'howto' to 'mydsp'...
> Done.
> Use 'gr_modtool add' to add a new block to this currently empty module.
> ~/tmp % gr_modtool.py add -t sync mydsp_algorithm1_ff
> No GNU Radio module found in the given directory. Quitting.
> % cd gr-mydsp                                                                 
>                                      :(
> % gr_modtool.py add -t sync mydsp_algorithm1_ff
> Operating in directory .
> GNU Radio module name identified: mydsp
> Code is of type: sync
> Block/code identifier: mydsp_algorithm1_ff
> Full block/code identifier is: mydsp_mydsp_algorithm1_ff
> Enter valid argument list, including default arguments: int foo, double bar=1
> Add Python QA code? [Y/n]
> Add C++ QA code? [Y/n] n
> Traversing lib...
> Adding file 'mydsp_mydsp_algorithm1_ff.h'...
> Adding file 'mydsp_mydsp_algorithm1_ff.cc'...
> Traversing swig...
> Editing swig/mydsp_swig.i...
> Traversing python...
> Adding file 'qa_mydsp_mydsp_algorithm1_ff.py'...
> Editing python/CMakeLists.txt...
> Traversing grc...
> Adding file 'mydsp_mydsp_algorithm1_ff.xml'...
> Editing grc/CMakeLists.txt...
> % gr_modtool.py add -t hiercpp mydsp_algorithm2_cc
> Operating in directory .
> GNU Radio module name identified: mydsp
> Code is of type: hiercpp
> Block/code identifier: mydsp_algorithm2_cc
> Full block/code identifier is: mydsp_mydsp_algorithm2_cc
> Enter valid argument list, including default arguments:
> Add Python QA code? [Y/n]
> Add C++ QA code? [Y/n]
> Traversing lib...
> Adding file 'mydsp_mydsp_algorithm2_cc.h'...
> Adding file 'mydsp_mydsp_algorithm2_cc.cc'...
> Adding file 'qa_mydsp_mydsp_algorithm2_cc.cc'...
> Traversing swig...
> Editing swig/mydsp_swig.i...
> Traversing python...
> Adding file 'qa_mydsp_mydsp_algorithm2_cc.py'...
> Editing python/CMakeLists.txt...
> Traversing grc...
> Adding file 'mydsp_mydsp_algorithm2_cc.xml'...
> Editing grc/CMakeLists.txt...
> 
> 
> Takes 5 seconds. All you need to do is edit the important bits of your
> files.
> 
> Hope this helps people. Have a nice weekend,
> MB


-- 
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Communications Engineering Lab (CEL)

Dipl.-Ing. Martin Braun
Research Associate

Kaiserstraße 12
Building 05.01
76131 Karlsruhe

Phone: +49 721 608-43790
Fax: +49 721 608-46071
www.cel.kit.edu

KIT -- University of the State of Baden-Württemberg and
National Laboratory of the Helmholtz Association

pgp1FSefZSx4Z.pgp
Description: PGP signature